I recall reading somewhere (???) that the term "digital" computer meant computers that ran in base 10 while "binary" computers were those that ran in base 2. Evidently it comes from "digit" being a finger and the fact that we have 10 of them (thus base 10). Somewhere along the line "digital" became a more generic term.
~joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norman Palardy Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 9:26 PM To: REALbasic NUG Subject: Re: Math Error? On Jul 28, 2006, at 1:29 PM, Mathieu Langlois wrote: > Wrong, anything digital uses base 2. It's just the nature of digital, > there is either electricity or there is not. When you start measuring > the level of the electricity, you enter the analog world. Eniac, one of the first digital computers, was actually base 10 _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
